Combined walking-stick and garment-rack.



IVI. ROSENWASSER.

COMBINED WALKING STICK AND GARMENT RACK.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE4, I9I4.

Patented July 2,1918.

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COMBINED WALKING-STICK AhTlD GARMENT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, TM...

Application filed June 4, 1914. Serial No. 842,838.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, MORRIS RosENwAssER, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Walking-Sticks and Garment- Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined walking stick and garment rack.

A particular object of the invention, is to provide a device which may be carried as an ordinary walking stick but which may be instantly transformed into a garment rack whenever occasion requires. I

A further object is to provide a device of the class described which, when used as a walking stick, will have no outward appearance suggestive of its adaptability to be transformed into a different appearing structure.

I A further and more specific object is to provide a walking stick comprising a hollow casing, to provide mechanism within the casing adapted to be projected therefrom through apertures formed in the cas ng, whereby to provide legs at one end of the casing, and arms at the opposite end, the legs being adapted to rest upon the ground to maintain the body portion of the walking stick in substantially vertical position, and the arms at the other end of the walking stick being adapted then to serve as a means upon which a garment may be hung, whereby the whole structure is transformed into a portable garment rack, the arms and legs being easily returnable into the casing when need of the garment rack ceases.

And a still further detail object is to provide a walking stick having a handle portion projecting laterally therefrom, and to provide means within the walking stick adapted to be projected laterally through the side walls thereof in different directions, so as to comprise, with the handle portion of the walking stick a three point, or tripod, support whereby the walking stick may be maintained in a vertical position upon a horizontal surface.

Other objects and aims of the invention,

more or less specific than those referred to above, .will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, co1nb1nations, arrangements of parts and applications ofprinciples, constituting the invention; and

the scope of protection contemplated will be ferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal central sectional.

view through a portion of the device constructed in accordance wlth the provlslons of th1s lnventlon;

Fig. 2 is a perspective, view, on a reduced scale, of a walking stick inverted, and having the legs and arms, above referred to, projected so as to adapt the walking stick to serve as a garment rack; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow, the projectable parts being shown extended.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description of the structure referred to, the numeral 1 indicates a casing or body portion of the device. This casin is preferably formed of metal appropriate ly finished on its outer surface to represent preferably a wooden stick. At one end it is fitted with a ferrule 2 and at its other end with a handle 3, common to ordinary walking sticks.

WVithin the casing 1 is aslidable plunger 4 impelled by a coil spring 5 in a dlrection toward the end of the casing.

A pair of curved legs 6 are pivotally connected by one of their ends upon a common pivot pin 7 mounted in the plunger 4. The legs 6 stand normally within the casing and project upwardly from the plunger 4 having their upper ends resting in apertures 8 formed in the casing substantially at diametrically opposite sides of the casing.

Any suitable means may be employed to retain the legs within the casing but for this purpose I preferably make use of the simple means illustrated. This comprises a ring 9 slidably mounted exteriorly of the casing to cover or uncover the apertures. The ends of the legs engage against the inner surface of this ring and the ring is slightly dished or cammed out as at 10 where the legs engage so as to retain the ring in position.

A ridge 11 is preferably formed exteriorly of the casing below the apertures 8 to limit the downward movement of the ring 9 when llllll 3Q, v r 1,270,973

limiting the upward movement of the lunger.

WVhen the sleeve 9 is moved to uncover the openings 8,,the spring 5 will immediately force the plunger 4L upwardly into contact 'with the stop 11 and project the legs '3 through the openings into the-position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and by full lines in the other views.

Each of the legs 6 is provided with a shoulder 13 r'elatively'near the pivot end of the leg adapted to engage over the end wall of the respective aperture 8 when the legs are in their extended position, whereby to prevent tendency of: the legs'to press the plunger downwardly.

It may be here noted that the description 7 so far given, applies with equal exactness to .the structure at both ends of the device.

The arms and legs are substantially identical and the mountings, and the means of operating them, are also substantially identical.

' In the case of the arms, no further description is required.

In the case of the legs, afurther description is necessary. In order to provide a three point, or tripod, support for the device it has been deemed desirable to'employ the handle portion 3 of the walking stick as one'of'the legs and to curve the movable legs into the shape seen in Fig. 3, so that in their extended position they will stand in such relation to the handle portion 3 as to comprise, with the said handle portion, the tripod formation.

It will of course be understood that when the walking stick is to be used as a garment rack, the arms and legs will be projected and the walking stick will be disposed in inverted position, so that the handle portion 3 will rest upon the ground. (See Fig. 2).

In this position the weight of the structure, and of any garment supported thereby will tend to rotate the. legs or arms about a pivot formed by the engagement of the shoulders 13 of the legs with the ends of the apertures 8, and force the plunger A'tighter against the stop 12. A solid support is thus provided, and all'tendency of the legs and arms to move back into the casing is obviated.

When need of a garment rack ceases, the arms and legs may be readily disengaged from the ends of the apertures 8 and telescoped into the apertures, and the sleeves 9 I moved'to cover the apertures and obscure the arms 'and'legs.

As -many changes could be made in the above construction and' many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout dep arting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in 'the above description or shown, in the accompanying drawing shall guage used 111 the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined walking stick and garment rack comprising a casing, a plunger within said casing, a plurality of members pivotally connected to said plunger by one of their ends and having their opposite ends disposed adjacent apertures formed in said casing, means for actuating said plunger to move said members through said apertures, and means for retaining said plunger against movement comprising a member for closing said apertures.

9.. A combined walking stick and garment rack comprising a casing, a plunger within said casing, a plurality of members pivotally connected to said plunger by one of their ends and having their opposite ends disposed adjacent apertures formed in said casing, means for actuating said plunger to move said members through said apertures, and means for retaining said plunger against movement comprising a sleeve exteriorly of the casing movable longitudinally thereof to close said apertures.

3. A combined walking stick and garment rack comprising a hollow body portion, having a laterally projecting handle portion at one end thereof, and means normally held within said casing adapted to be projected laterally from said casing so as to cooperate with said first mentioned laterally projecting portion to comprise therewith a three point support for said body, substantially as described.

41. A- collapsible garment rack, comprising a hollow body having openings through the side walls thereof, a plurality of members slidable within the body arranged to be projected through said openings to form garment supporting means upon the body, and shoulders formed upon said members for engaging wall portions of said openings to prevent accidental return of said members into said body.

for engaging portions of the walls of said openings to positively prevent retrogressive movement of said members through said openings,

6. A Walking stick made up of a long slender body portion having a fixed laterally extending handle portion at one end thereof so as to present the appearance usual to walking sticks, in combination with normally hidden means carried by the walking stick adjustable into a position for cooper- 7.. A walking stick made up of the usual long slender body ortion having a handle portion "at one end and the usual ferrulelike portion at the opposite end so as to present the appearance usual to walking sticks, in combination with normally hidden means carried by the walking stick adjustable at least in part to constitute a support whereby the walking stick may be supported upon the floor in a substantially vertical position for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS RQSENWASSER.

Witnesses:

lb. Gnnsronn HAMoRn, Nn'rnranm Tnomson Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, n, e. 

